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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 11:42 UTC

Stories for May 2015

  • Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 10:17 UTC

    On St Helena Day, 21 May 2016, begins air link of the island with South Africa

    According to St Helena's Exco “the current RMS St Helena Shipping Schedule comes to an end in April 2016, just under 12 months away”.

    British Overseas Territory St Helena only link with the outside world, currently by sea, will be coming to an end in May 2016, when the proposed official opening of the airport which is being built by South African contractors, will be taking place, according to the 12 May meeting of the island's Executive Council.

  • Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 06:27 UTC

    Brazil announces US$ 22.5bn spending cuts and confirms minister Levy

    “This is a big effort that indicates the government willingness to meet our goal,” Planning Minister Nelson Barbosa told reporters in Brasilia.

    Brazil finally announced its much expected budget resources reshuffle that will freeze 69.9 billion Reais (22.58 billion dollars) worth of spending on investment, education and health programs this year, limiting outlays in a bid to convince investors that President Dilma Rousseff is committed to saving the country's investment-grade rating.

  • Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 06:06 UTC

    Argentina's soy market paralyzed by oilseed crushers union three weeks strike

    The union organized pickets along the main highway leading to the port of Rosario which ships almost 80% of Argentina's grains and oilseeds.

    The soy market in Argentina's pivotal grains hub was virtually paralyzed for the fifth day on Friday as most exporters refrained from purchases in a bid to pressure the government to resolve a nearly three-week long strike among crushing workers.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 10:21 UTC

    El Niño could again disrupt global food markets later this year

    Professor Scaife said there was a 70% chance of a “moderate” El Niño event towards the end of this year that is likely to lead to droughts and crop failures.<br />

    A strong El Niño is likely to increase prices of staple foods such as rice, coffee, sugar and cocoa, say scientists. Forecasters agree that the El Niño effect, which can drive droughts and flooding, is under way in the tropical Pacific, but they say it is too early to say how severe it will be.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:52 UTC

    PM Li Keqiang in Bogotá: China and Colombia considering free trade accord

    President Santos received PM Li at the Nariño Palace for a first round of talks and signed deals providing scholarships for 200 Colombians to study in China

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to deepen economic ties with Colombia after arriving to Bogotá on Thursday, as part of his four-nation South American tour aimed at boosting trade and investment. Li is the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Colombia since the two nations established diplomatic ties 35 years ago and his visit was hailed as historic by President Juan Manuel Santos.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:48 UTC

    Caribbean epidemiologic alert following reports of Zika virus in Brazil

    The Aedes mosquito is present in much of the Americas and also transmits dengue fever and chikungunya.

    Following reports of suspected Zika virus in Brazil, the health ministries of several Caribbean countries have issued advisories for the mosquito borne viral disease.On Thursday, the Jamaica Health Ministry issued an epidemiological alert after the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) noted the potential spread of this arbovirus across territories where the vectors (Aedes) are present.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:39 UTC

    “Obama would relish the opportunity to visit Cuba and Havana in particular”

    The reporter who asked about the presidential visit to Cuba was Cristina Escobar from Cuba's national television

    President Obama is looking to travel to Cuba’s capitol city of Havana before his tenure ends, White Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Thursday, the same day a Florida bank announced that the State Department has given them permission to make diplomatic transactions between the two nations.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:36 UTC

    A quarter of Argentine children is poor compared to 10.8% for the whole population

    There are 'undeniable' advances in income transfer:74.5% of Argentine children is benefitted by some kind of government resources transfer, said Repetto

    A quarter of children below the age of four in Argentina is poor and almost five in ten babies less than six months have malnutrition problems according to the Center for Implementation of Equity and Growth Public Policies, CIPPEC. The data was provided in the CIPPEC website dedicated to make first infancy a priority through a childcare integral policy.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:20 UTC

    Lloyd Register Group appointed a new CEO and will take the post next October

    Alastair Marsh joined LR as Group Financial Controller in April 2007 and was appointed as Group Finance Director in April 2008.

    Alastair Marsh, current CFO at the Lloyd’s Register Group Ltd. (LR), has been appointed as the successor to CEO Richard Sadler who has decided to step down at the end of 2015. Sadler will pass the CEO role to Marsh on October 1, 2015 and commence a formal handover period until the end of December 2015.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:16 UTC

    Brazil heading for full recession: economic activity down, unemployment up

    Economists expect Brazil's GDP to shrink 1.2% in 2015, the steepest decline in 25 years, according to a central bank poll on Monday.

    Economic activity in Brazil tumbled in the first quarter and unemployment climbed to a near four-year high, adding to signals that a looming recession could worsen as President Dilma Rousseff reins in public spending.